'Til I Collapse

I've seen this so many times, and it's still painful to watch.  I have so much respect for these Ironman athletes for their unsinkable determination and drive to finish.  As a runner, you cannot just watch and not get goosebumps, tear up, and feel motivated.  Kinda shuts me up whenever I feel like stopping in the middle of my 5 mile run.  I need to add this song to my playlist.

"‎'Cause sometimes you just feel tired, feel weak, and when you feel weak, you feel like you wanna just give up. But you gotta search within you, you gotta find that inner strength and just pull that sh*t out of you and get that motivation to not give up and not be a quitter, no matter how bad you wanna just fall flat on your face and collapse." -  Eminem

Do you have a song on your playlist that gets you through those excruciating last miles?  Please share!

Just Keep Swimming

Been a little down lately because of my injury.  Bummed because my 10K race is in a week and a half and my physical therapist ordered the dreadful "No Running" prescription.

Sigh.

I am struggling today to focus on other things - nothing too exciting - like chipping away at the growing pile of dirty laundry.  After allowing myself to wallow in self-pity and frustration, I decided ok, I'm done, I need to move on.  To keep moving.  I couldn't help but think of Dory, the fish from "Finding Nemo" the movie.  The exchange between Dory and Marlin is a perfect reminder for me today that life goes on and you keep moving along with it. 

Dory:"Hey Mr. Grumpy Gills...When life gets you down do you wanna know what you gotta do?"

Marlin:"I don't wanna know what you gotta do."

Dory:"Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming. What do we do? We swim, swim."